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You are a soldier....You have been brought to "pacify"....It has been instilled in you that you are not responsible for the consequences of your shots. But you know that the man who falls bleeding from your shot is killed by you and by no one else....What are you to do? — These words were written in 1901 by Count Leo Tolstoy, author of War and P... more »eace. His prophetic statements on the power of non-violence and the need for civil disobedience are echoed today.« less